Power Resources category: 2047 books
Conference Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Recent Advances in Bioenergy Research
ICRABR 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
This book discusses latest advances in the area of bioenergy, including algal biomass, biodiesel, bioethanol, biomethanation, pyrolysis, biomass gasification, biomass cook stoves and integrated processes. The volume comprises select proceedings of ICRABR-2016. The contents include cutting-edge research...
by CRC Press
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016
Latest Edition Explores Fresh, New Alternatives to Fossil FuelsThe Science of Renewable Energy, Second Edition takes a look at ways to produce sustainable and reliable energy sources and presents practical examples along with scientific methods, models, observations, and tools. Developed by esteemed author Frank R. Spellman, this book includes inpu
Explosives
History with a Bang
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
The dramatic history of explosives, from the invention of gunpowder to the H-bomb Laying the emphasis on the lives of the people involved, on the diverse uses of explosives, and on their social and historical impact, this entertaining history relates a story of remarkable international and human endeavor....
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
This publication provides a step-by-step methodological approach to help project teams assess and incorporate climate change adaptation measures into energy investment projects. While the focus of the guidelines is at the project level, an improved understanding of climate change impacts should also...
Cape Wind
Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2007
When Jim Gordon set out to build a wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, he knew some people might object. But there was a lot of merit in creating a privately funded, clean energy source for energy-starved New England, and he felt sure most people would recognize it eventually. Instead, all Hell broke...
by Herbert S. Levinson, John C. Falcocchio
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
This book on road traffic congestion in cities and suburbs describes congestion problems and shows how they can be relieved. The first part (Chapters 1 - 3) shows how congestion reflects transportation technologies and settlement patterns. The second part (Chapters 4 - 13) describes the causes, characteristics,...
Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Asia
Trends, Impacts, and Reforms: Integrative Report
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Unsustainable budgetary cost of selling oil, gas, and coal at low prices has propelled energy subsidy reform in developing Asian economies. This report measures the size of associated subsidies on these fossil fuels including direct transfers, tax exemptions, subsidized credit, and losses of state...
by Gates Energy Products
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 1998
Represents the first widely available compendium of the information needed by those design professionals responsible for using rechargeable batteries. This handbook introduces the most common forms of rechargeable batteries, including their history, the basic chemistry that governs their operation,...
Finite Element Analysis of Rotating Beams
Physics Based Interpolation
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
This book addresses the solution of rotating beam free-vibration problems using the finite element method. It provides an introduction to the governing equation of a rotating beam, before outlining the solution procedures using Rayleigh-Ritz, Galerkin and finite element methods. The possibility of...
Chemical Thermodynamics
Reversible and Irreversible Thermodynamics
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
This book enables the reader to learn, in a single volume, equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermodynamics as well as generalized forms of hydrodynamics for linear and nonlinear processes applied to various hydrodynamic flow processes — including chemical oscillation phenomena and pattern formations,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
This book provides different engineering, management, economic solutions and methodologies regarding sustainable aviation, giving readers a great sense of how sustainable aviation works at the “systems” level. The aviation industry is one of the fastest growing in the world and can make a positive...
Safety Assessment of Composite Cylinders for Gas Storage by Statistical Methods
Potential for Design Optimisation Beyond Limits of Current Regulations and Standards
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Featuring a detailed analysis of current approval requirements and the relevant safety assessment methods for gas cylinders in general and with main focus on composite cylinders for storing compressed natural gas and hydrogen, this book demonstrates how current regulations and standards limit the...
by D. Pavlov
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Lead-Acid Batteries: Science and Technology presents a comprehensive overview of the theory of the technological processes of lead-acid battery manufacture and their influence on battery performance parameters. It summarizes the current knowledge about the technology of lead-acid battery production...
Energy
Production, Conversion, Storage, Conservation, and Coupling
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Expanding on the first edition, ‘Energy: Production, Conversion, Storage, Conservation, and Coupling (2nd Ed.)’ provides readers with a practical understanding of the major aspects of energy. It includes extended chapters with revised data and additional practice problems as well as a new chapter...